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LETTER XXXII. 



Killarney, Sept. 10, 1815. 



BEFORE the sun rose we were ready and ira-^ 

 patient to quit Castle Isle. The distance to 

 Killarney was a short eight miles. A new line 

 of road, recently finished, in a great measure 

 avoids the hills, by which route, however, fine 

 views of the lake and its Alpine boundary are 

 lost. We overtook a number of people on 

 their way to the market at Killarney. 



The prospect from the summit of the moun- 

 tain, over which the old road passed, determined 

 us to quit our carriage, and to perform the 

 journey on foot, as the only means of obtaining 

 a sight of the promised landscape. 



Killarney has long ranked as one of the 

 grandest and most distinguished objects in this 

 interesting country. The beauties of its lakes 

 are held as not inferior to any in Europe the 

 only rivals of our northern lakes in the British 

 empire, and by most persons considered a? 

 superior to them in picturesque effect. 



